Hi-hat cymbal sound generation apparatus, Hi-hat cymbal sound generation method, and recording medium

A hi-hat cymbal sound generation method of generating a sound of hi-hat cymbals based on information on an operation to a top pad, which corresponds to a top cymbal, and a bottom pad, which corresponds to a bottom cymbal, the top pad and the bottom pad being attached to a hi-hat stand with a pedal,

• wherein a distance between the top pad and the bottom pad is capable of being changed by an operation of the pedal,
• state information is information that indicates which of a predetermined number of states a state is, the state being determined by the distance between the top pad and the bottom pad,
• of the states, a state in which the top pad and the bottom pad are closest to each other is designated as a close state,
• data on the predetermined number of hit sounds that correspond to sounds caused by hitting in the states indicated by the state information is previously recorded in a recording part,
• the hi-hat cymbal sound generation method comprises:
• an input step of acquiring distance information, which is information on a distance between the top pad and the bottom pad, the state information and vibration information, which is information on a vibration of the top pad;
• a trigger step of checking whether the vibration indicated by the vibration information falls within a predetermined range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started, and starting a sound generation procedure for at least all the hit sounds when it is determined that the vibration falls within the range in which a sound generation procedure is to be started;
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• a sound volume control step of controlling a sound volume of each of the hit sounds according to current state information, and
• in the input step, the state information is acquired by determining the state information based on a corrected distance, which is obtained by adding a distance correction value, which corresponds to a magnitude of the vibration indicated by the vibration information, to the distance indicated by the distance information.